Craft with Etsy at the MAD Museum with Megan Nicolay

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Story by EtsyStore

Published on Aug 06, 2009

Photo by Museum of Arts and Design

REMINDER: Tonight, August 6, is the first DIY Thursday. Details here.

Why stay in and sew all by your lonesome? Craft Night at the Etsy Labs on Gold St. may be on hold until September 14 when we move to our new office, but fear not — many crafty opportunities abound! Etsy has joined forces with the Museum of Art and Design to present a weekly series of hands-on workshops we’re calling DIY Thursdays. Drop in between 6-8 p.m. each Thursday in August for some down and dirty, do-it-yourself fun in the museum’s studios. The workshops are free with pay-what-you-wish admission to the museum. Click here for directions. 

Not a New Yorker? Don’t fret, you can still join in on the fun online by joining us at 5:30 p.m. ET on Thursday in the Virtual Labs for a live demo of the project. (Click here to see what time 5:30 p.m. ET is in your hometown.)

Join us as the series continues on Thursday, August 13 with a workshop lead by Megan Nicolay, founder of Generation-T. She will demonstrate some of the many ways to refashion your stash of old t-shirts into fun and unique new designs. Come to MAD’s studios with your old band shirts, thrift store finds, and any t-shirts that could use a fashionable update!


Megan Nicolay is a writer, editor, photographer, dancer, renegade fashionista. Blending a DIY spirit with her own sculptor’s vision, Megan’s craft harkens back to Dadaist found-object art and collages. In 2006, Megan’s ambition and style was celebrated by the publication of her book Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-shirt. In 2009, her second book Generation T: Beyond Fashion: 120 New Ways to Transform a T-shirt was published. You can catch clips from her appearances on local television news programs on her website.

 

 

Upcoming Events with Etsy:

8/20: DIY Thursdays at MAD: Fabric collage and embroidery with Astulabee

8/27: DIY Thursdays at MAD: Paper piecing with Aaron McIntosh

9/14: Grand Opening Craft Night at Etsy Labs’ new space in Dumbo, Brooklyn (Details to come.)

Looking for further t-shirt inspiration? Try these links:

   Trends: The Right to Bare Arms | Handmade Portraits: maryink & 1aeon

Will we see you Thursday, ready to reconstuct your old t-shirts? Let us know in the comments below.

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